CURRENT MISSION

Laughing without tripping or falling over :)

ABOUT ME

I get very excited about things very easily, am generally very cheerful, love learning languages, and love meeting new people. I always think that there's something to smile or laugh about, and it's more important who you do things with rather than exactly what you do.

PHILOSOPHY

Smile. :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm relatively new to CouchSurfing, but surfed several couches while traveling through Europe with friends, and ready for more!

Interests

Kind of a history/literature nerd, especially with anything to do with Europe. :D
Movies, musicals/Broadway, singing
Newspapers/journalism, foreign languages
FOOTBALL! (Liverpool!)
FOOD! Especially anything with chocolate.

• literature
• singing
• dining
• chocolate
• chinese food
• movies
• traveling
• piano
• soccer
• history
• journalism
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Too many to list here!
Movies: The Social Network, The Lord of the Rings, The Notebook, Romeo ad Juliet, Roman Holiday, Les Choristes, Brick, Gosford Park, Slumdog Millionaire, To Kill a Mockingbird, Bend It Like Beckham, His Girl Friday, The Shawshank Redemption, Moulin Rouge, The Red Shoes

Like everyone else in the world with music, a mix of everything, but generally I like most musicals, a lot of pop/alternative stuff, and Glee. :P

I don't really watch TV that much, but I'm completely obsessed with Doctor Who, and also like Glee and The Office.

I love love love reading, and so my list of books is way too long. But a few are: The Lord of the Rings, John Keats, The Portrait of a Lady, Never Let Me Go, Charles Baudelaire, Hamlet, The House of Mirth, Atonement, Le Petit Nicholas, Madame Bovary, Wuthering Heights, La sombra del viento

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Tobogganed down the Great Wall of China, watched the sun go down over Galway Bay, Paris in general, seen the first written words of the Spanish language, laid on the ground of the Hagia Sofia admiring the dome, sung in Spanish cathedrals and monasteries, and hopefully more to come!

Teach, Learn, Share

I love learning languages, and I'd love to practice/help anyone with the ones I've lucky enough to speak. I really want to improve my French and Spanish, particularly French since being in Spain has kind of killed my ability to speak it. :p I know Chinese is a pain in the butt to learn, so anyone who needs help with that, let me know!
I also sing, play piano, and can make you Chinese food. :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Spain, United Kingdom, United States